The rigor of a certain inhumanity : toward a wider suffrage / John Llewelyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Llewelyn, John, 1928-

Series:

Studies in Continental thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Phenomenology.

Derrida, Jacques.

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Physical Description:

xii, 327 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Focusing on the idea of universal suffrage, John Llewelyn accepts the challenge of Derrida's later thought to renew his focus on the ethical, political, and religious dimensions of what makes us uniquely human. Llewelyn builds this concern on issues of representation, language, meaning, and logic with reflections on the phenomenological figures who informed Derrida's concept of deconstruction. By entering into dialogue with these philosophical traditions, Llewelyn demonstrates the range and depth of his own original thinking. The Rigor of a Certain Inhumanity is a rich and passionate, playful and perceptive work of philosophical analysis. Book jacket.

Contents:

Ideologies

Worldviews

The experience of language

Phenomenology as rigorous science

Pure grammar

Meanings and translations

Approaches to quasi-theology via appresentation

Who is my neighbor?

Who or what or whot

Ecosophy, sophophily, and philotheria

Barbarism, humanism, and democratic ecology

Where to cut: boucherie and delikatessen

Passover

The rigor of a certain inhumanity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253003263

0253003261

9780253005793

0253005795

9780253005861

0253005868

OCLC:

752072610